Guccione v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.

The issue before the court is:

Did the court of appeals err in finding that an order denying plaintiffs motion for permission to be represented by out-of-state counsel is not a final appealable order, and, specifically, that it is not an order made in a special proceeding and affecting a substantial right?

We hold that an order denying permission for out-of-state counsel (otherwise competent) to represent a litigant is a final appealable order.

R.C. 2505.02 in part defines a final order as “an order affecting a substantial right made in a special proceeding * * *.” This court in Bernbaum v.…